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Posted by Phil Mitchell (Member # 3876) on March 06, 2014, 02:31 AM:

Hi all,
I am in process of doing Super 8mm to Digital conversion. What I have read on other sites a few times is widing the film gate can provie a better image to capture. They have done it by gently filing the gate and then sofynering up the edges after filing. Is there any truth in this?
I have 3 diff projectors two are Eumigs Series 9, the 912 works although it has a habit of not feding film to well, and the 905 is not working fully, so I could expierment on the Eumigs as I prefer the Sankyo 600 I am using far gentler on films and easy to feed, , but does anyone know how to get the film gate out of a Eumig Thanks in advance Phil

Posted by Martin Jones (Member # 1163) on March 06, 2014, 02:59 AM:

I have been doing transfers for years but have never seen the point in mutilating a projector by widening the gate aperture. It doesn't produce a "better image to capture" just a little more of what the larger camera aperture MAY have seen when the film was shot.
Whether the "more" is of any value is debatable.... my family and friends are perfectly happy to have everything that the projector normally shows transferred to DVD.... and I don't risk ruining a perfectly good machine, or scratching good film, to no valid end.
If you really want to do it, find yourself a Eumig from the 800 Series; some have removable gates and pressure plates on which the apertures are defined by "stick-on" foils that allow you to play to your hearts content. If you ruin one, you can replace the whole plate fairly easily as spares are fairly plentiful from scrap machines.
Concentrate in the first instance on obtaining good transfers.. before adding (dubious)"refinements".

Posted by Phil Mitchell (Member # 3876) on March 18, 2014, 12:22 AM:

Thanks for reply and info etc, fair points you make and more I thought about it, more light you let through, you end up with more strobbing most likely even using a lesser Watt Bulb.

Cheeers
Phil

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